IP Library Granted Patent US 11,866,564
Granted Patent B2
US 11,866,564 · App. 16/497,157 · Granted Jan 9, 2024

Polymer substrate with hard coat layer

Inventors: Tatsuya Ekinaka (Osaka, JP); Tatsuichirou Kon (Osaka, JP); Hiroshi Kishimoto (Osaka, JP); Yume Takeda (Osaka, JP); Takehiro Suga (Osaka, JP); Satoshi Ogata (Tokyo, JP); Masato Nakagomi (Tokyo, JP)
Assignees: TEIJIN LIMITED; TSUKISHIMA KIKAI CO., LTD.
C08J7/046C08J7/0423C23C16/401C23C16/50C08J2369/00C08J2433/08C08J2483/04
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Patent No.
US 11,866,564
App. No.
16/497,157
Granted
Jan 9, 2024
Kind
B2
Abstract

The present invention is a polymer substrate with a hard coat layer, which is obtained by directly laminating a polymer substrate, a base cured layer and a silicon oxide layer, wherein the base cured layer has a thickness of 1-20 μm and contains 10-90 parts by weight of a polyfunctional acrylate and 90-10 parts by weight of inorganic oxide fine particles and/or a hydrolytic condensation product of a silicon compound or contains a hydrolytic condensation product of an organic silicon compound as a primary component, and the silicon oxide layer satisfies requirement (a1) below at a position 0.04 μm in the thickness direction from the interface between the base cured layer and the silicon oxide layer and satisfies requirement (a3) below at the surface of the silicon oxide layer on the opposite side from the interface, Requirement (a1): when the chemical composition is represented by SiO x C y H z , x falls within the range 1.93-1.98, y falls within the range 0.04-0.15 and z falls within the range 0.10-0.50. Requirement (a3): when the chemical composition is represented by SiO x C y H z , x falls within the range 1.94-2.02, y falls within the range 0.05-0.16 and z falls within the range 0.20-0.50.

Claims (27)

1. A polymer substrate with a hard coat layer in which a polymer substrate, a cured underlayer, and a silicon oxide layer are directly laminated in this order, wherein

the cured underlayer has a thickness of 1 to 20 μm, and comprises 10 to 90 parts by weight of a multi-functional acrylate and 90 to 10 parts by weight of inorganic oxide fine particles and/or a silicon compound hydrolysis-condensation product, or comprises a hydrolysis-condensation product of an organic silicon compound as a main component thereof,

the silicon oxide layer satisfies the following (a 1 ) at a position 0.04 μm from the interface between the cured underlayer and the silicon oxide layer in the thickness direction and satisfies the following (a 3 ) on a surface on a side opposite the interface:

(a 1 ) when the chemical composition is represented by SiO x C y H z , x is in the range of 1.93 to 1.98, y is in the range of 0.04 to 0.15, and z is in the range of 0.10 to 0.50, and

(a 3 ) when the chemical composition is represented by SiO x C y H z , x is in the range of 1.94 to 2.02, y is in the range of 0.05 to 0.16, and z is in the range of 0.20 to 0.50.

2. The polymer substrate with a hard coat layer according to claim 1 , wherein the silicon oxide layer satisfies all of the following requirements (a 1 ) to (c 1 ) at a position 0.04 μm from the interface between the cured underlayer and the silicon oxide layer in the thickness direction, and satisfies all of the following requirements (b 3 ) to (c 3 ) on the surface on the side opposite the interface:

(a 1 ) when the chemical composition is represented by SiO x C y H z , x is in the range of 1.93 to 1.98, y is in the range of 0.04 to 0.15, and z is in the range of 0.10 to 0.45,

(b 1 ) the ratio of infrared absorbance at a wave number of 930 cm −1 to that at a wave number of 1020 cm −1 (α 930 /α 1020 ) is in the range of 0.10 to 0.20,

(c 1 ) the ratio of infrared absorbance at a wave number of 1280 cm −1 to that at a wave number of 1020 cm −1 (α 1280 /α 1020 ) is in the range of 0 to 0.005,

(b 3 ) the ratio of infrared absorbance at a wave number of 930 cm −1 to that at a wave number of 1020 cm −1 (α 930 /α 1020 ) is in the range of 0.15 to 0.25, and

(c 3 ) the ratio of infrared absorbance at a wave number of 1280 cm −1 to that at a wave number of 1020 cm −1 (α 1280 /α 1020 ) is in the range of 0.002 to 0.020.

3. The polymer substrate with a hard coat layer according to claim 2 , wherein the cured underlayer comprises 10 to 90 parts by weight of a multi-functional acrylate, and 90 to 10 parts by weight of inorganic fine particles and/or a silicon compound hydrolysis-condensation product.

4. The polymer substrate with a hard coat layer according to claim 1 , wherein y of (a 3 ) is 0.02 to 0.10 greater than y of (a 1 ), and z of (a 3 ) is 0.05 to 0.25 greater than z of (a 1 ).

5. The polymer substrate with a hard coat layer according to claim 1 , wherein the cured underlayer comprises a (meth)acrylic resin including 0.1 to 5 mol/kg of at least one of a hydroxyl group, an amino group, a carboxyl group, or an alkoxysilyl group in the compound.

6. The polymer substrate with a hard coat layer according to claim 1 , wherein the primary particle diameter of the inorganic oxide fine particles is in the range of 1 nm to 200 nm.

7. The polymer substrate with a hard coat layer according to claim 1 , wherein the polymer substrate is a polycarbonate resin substrate.

8. The polymer substrate with a hard coat layer according to claim 1 , wherein the silicon oxide layer is a plasma CVD layer.

9. The polymer substrate with a hard coat layer according to claim 1 , wherein the silicon oxide layer has a thickness of 2.5 to 9 μm, and satisfies all of the following requirements (a 2 ) to (c 2 ) at a position 2.0 μm from the interface between the cured underlayer and the silicon oxide layer in the thickness direction:

(a 2 ) when the chemical composition is represented by SiO x C y H z , x is in the range of 1.81 to 1.90, y is in the range of 0.15 to 0.32, and z is in the range of 0.45 to 0.90,

(b 2 ) the ratio of infrared absorbance at a wave number of 930 cm −1 to that at a wave number of 1020 cm −1 (α 930 /α 1020 ) is in the range of 0.21 to 0.36, and

(c 2 ) the ratio of infrared absorbance at a wave number of 1280 cm −1 to that at a wave number of 1020 cm −1 (α 1280 /α 1020 ) is in the range of 0.010 to 0.040.

10. The polymer substrate with a hard coat layer according to claim 9 , wherein the thickness of a portion of the silicon oxide layer which satisfies all of requirements (a 2 ) to (c 2 ) is in the range of 1.5 to 8.5 μm.

11. The polymer substrate with a hard coat layer according to claim 9 , wherein the thickness of a portion of the silicon oxide layer which satisfies all of requirements (a 3 ) to (c 3 ) is in the range of 0.1 to 1.4 μm.

12. The polymer substrate with a hard coat layer according to claim 9 , further comprising, between the portion of the silicon oxide layer which satisfies all of requirements (a 1 ) to (c 1 ) and the portion of the silicon oxide layer which satisfies all of requirements (a 2 ) to (c 2 ), a gradient layer in which the values of x, y, z, α 930 /α 1020 and/or α 1280 /α 1020 change gradually.

13. The polymer substrate with a hard coat layer according to claim 9 , further comprising, between the portion of the silicon oxide layer which satisfies all of requirements (a 2 ) to (c 2 ) and the portion of the silicon oxide layer which satisfies all of requirements (a 3 ) to (c 3 ), a gradient layer in which the values of x, y, z, α 930 /α 1020 and/or α 1280 α 1020 change gradually.

14. The polymer substrate with a hard coat layer according to claim 1 , wherein the thickness of the silicon oxide layer is in the range of 0.1 to 2.5 μm.

15. The polymer substrate with a hard coat layer according to claim 14 , further comprising, between the portion of the silicon oxide layer which satisfies all of requirements (a 1 ) to (c 1 ) and the portion of the silicon oxide layer which satisfies all of requirements (a 3 ) to (c 3 ), a gradient layer in which the values of x, y, z, α 930 /α 1020 and/or α 1280 /α 1020 change gradually.

Assignments (3)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Nov 9, 2023
From: TSUKISHIMA HOLDINGS CO., LTD.
To: TSUKISHIMA KIKAI CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 065506/0971 →
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Nov 7, 2023
From: TSUKISHIMA KIKAI CO., LTD.
To: TSUKISHIMA HOLDINGS CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 065480/0029 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Nov 26, 2019
From: EKINAKA, TATSUYA; KON, TATSUICHIROU; KISHIMOTO, HIROSHI; TAKEDA, YUME; SUGA, TAKEHIRO; OGATA, SATOSHI; NAKAGOMI, MASATO
To: TEIJIN LIMITED; TSUKISHIMA KIKAI CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 051113/0577 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2017-066424 · Mar 29, 2017 · national
Continuity (1)
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